RSA Student Design Awards 2018-19 Competition

Now in its 95th year, the RSA Student Design Awards is a global curriculum and annual competition for higher education students and recent graduates. Each year the Awards challenge emerging designers to tackle a range of design briefs focused on pressing social, environmental and economic issues.

The goal is to empower a generation of savvy, employable designers who understand the potential of design to benefit society. This is encouraged through a competition that challenges students and recent graduates to think differently about design, by tackling briefs focused on real-world problems.

The ten briefs address important social, environmental and economic issues:

Submissions are accepted from both individuals and teams. Some projects may be more suited to teamwork than others. There is no set number of people that can be part of a team, but generally, team entries comprise 2 or 3 people.

The intellectual property rights (patents, registered designs, unregistered design right, copyright, etc.) of all designs submitted in the competition remain with the candidate.